Senior Philanthropy Manager

Harris Hill are thrilled to be partnering up with the Medical Research Foundation who are in an exciting period of growth and are looking for a Senior Philanthropy Manager. The Medical Research Foundation, is about to launch its new five-year strategy to drive the life-changing advances of tomorrow, by laying the foundations for ground-breaking new discoveries today.

A key part of this strategy will be a significant investment in their fundraising resources to achieve transformational growth in voluntary income in the next 10 years. To support this growth, the Foundation is ooking for a Senior Philanthropy Manager to generate income from Trusts and Foundations, Major Donors, and Corporate Partnerships.

Job title: Senior Philanthropy Manager

Location: London, but with hybrid working.

Grade and salary: £50,000

Hours: 36 hours per week.

Contract type: Permanent

Context and Responsibilities within this role:

Reporting to and working closely with the Director of Fundraising, the successful candidate will lead their philanthropy programme to deliver ambitious income generation plans from a range of income streams. The Senior Philanthropy Manager's main responsibilities will be to:

* Lead, motivate, manage, and grow a small team.
* Lead the expansion of the current, low value-high volume small Trusts & Foundations fundraising programme and develop a new high value-low volume programme.
* Establish a Major Donor fundraising programme by identifying individuals with a genuine interest in medical research.
* Build relationships with other medical charities and patient organisations in order to make joint applications to relevant funders.
* Lead an expansion of the Corporate Partnerships programme.
* Develop relationships with Trustees and other senior stakeholders to encourage them to fundraise amongst their networks.
* Build and maintain a long-term and sustainable prospect pipeline of high-value supporters

They are now looking for:

* Significant experience in a senior fundraising role with prior responsibility for Trusts and Foundations and at least one of the following: Major Donors or Corporate Partnerships.
* Experience of supporting senior stakeholders to be effective fundraisers.
* Robust experience of developing and implementing successful strategic fundraising plans.
* Proven record of personally securing six figure donations from individuals and organisations.
* Significant experience of identifying, cultivating and building relationships with cold prospects.
* Experience of leading and motivating high-performing teams to achieve targets.
* Experience of budgeting processes, managing risk, KPI reporting.

If you would like to have a chat to learn more about this role and to receive a full job description please contact Hannah at Harris Hill on [email protected] or call her on 020 7820 7331.

The role closes on 9 th April 2024 at 9am. Please send your CV and supporting statement to Hannah at Harris Hill.

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